A few strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the evening producing mostly heavy rainfall. However, isolated downburst winds were present in some of the storms.
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A few strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the evening producing mostly heavy rainfall. However, isolated downburst winds were present in some of the storms.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 8:57 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 957 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING OUT OF THE AREA WITH FLOW ALOFT BECOMING SOMEWHAT ZONAL. EVENING CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH 06Z WITH GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER... RECENT RAINFALL MAY AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALIZED FOG TOWARDS SUNRISE. ALL ON TRACK IN THE CURRENT FORECAST...WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 71 91 71 87 71 / 20 40 30 60 40 KNOXVILLE AIRPORT, TN 71 90 71 87 69 / 20 30 40 60 50 OAK RIDGE, TN 70 90 70 87 69 / 20 30 40 60 50 TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 66 89 67 85 66 / 20 30 40 60 50 && .MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. TN...NONE. VA...NONE. && MJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 416 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-200830- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 416 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 /316 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL UP TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE REGION AND STALLS OUT AROUND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. AS A RESULT...THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO INCREASE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND. TG/TD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 908 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 TNZ040-042-043-200200- NORTHWEST COCKE TN-NORTHWEST GREENE TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN- 908 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREENE AND NORTHERN COCKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 903 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF PARROTTSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWPORT...WHICH WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 912 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 VAZ008-200215- WASHINGTON VA- 912 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CITY OF BRISTOL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM... AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRISTOL VA...WHICH WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1024 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 TNZ017-044-046-047-200330- NORTHWEST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SULLIVAN TN-WASHINGTON TN- 1024 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CARTER...WASHINGTON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM... AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOHNSON CITY...WHICH WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL..AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES PRIMARY KILLERS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DMG
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A mobile home on Billy Bible Road had windows blown out and a door blown off the residence. Also, roofs were removed from two other homes on the same road and one of the roofs landed on a truck.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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